{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"***Special Guest Episode on 'Ovid and the Art of Love' w\/Esme von Hoffman***","description":" In today's special guest episode, I am joined by director and screenwriter Esme von Hoffman&amp;nbsp;(Festival of Cinema NYC 2019 Winner for Best Director) for her film, Ovid and the Art of Love.  Esme and I discuss her background with Classics and Roman history, what drew her to make a film about the life of Ovid, her artistic vision in adapting the film to a modern audience, and some of the decisions that she made in&amp;nbsp;writing its script.&amp;nbsp;  Show Notes:  http:\/\/www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com\/2020\/05\/special-guest-episode-on-ovid-and-art.html &amp;nbsp;  ***The film&amp;nbsp;is available to&amp;nbsp;stream on all major platforms on May 19th 2020***   Website:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.ovidandtheartoflove.com\/    Facebook:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ovidandtheartoflove    Twitter:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/twitter.com\/OvidLove  ","author_name":"The History of Ancient Greece","author_url":"http:\/\/www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/14452535\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/f99105\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/73111118"}